The ability to see maps in buildings and landscapes in 3D makes following along considerably easier than with just 2D. So researchers at the University of Washington have made generating 3D models of a given location dead simple using custom software and nothing more than a webcam timelapse video of the spot captured on a sunny day. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"The only problem is the need to have webcams EVERYWHERE!
I wonder if they could adapt our CCTV cameras, should do the job." More »
Folding: it's detestable and boring, as any Gap employee can tell you. But it's also a totally fun thing you can do in a video game! And today it's particularly exciting because players of the online game Foldit have redesigned a protein, and their work is published in the science journal Nature Biotechnology. Read More >>
Featured comment by EtherealKid:
"Always seems that these kind of articles are written in a manner that suggests that those clever gamers beat those dumb scientists at their own game. ..." More »
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